Sarah Victoria Caulcutt (née Cottrell) (died 2024)

 Sarah Victoria Caulcutt (née Cottrell), died 20 September, 2024. 

She was born circa 1952, a daughter of David Vernon Swynfen Cottrell (1923-2008), and his wife the former Leontine Mariette Dyson Perrins (1923-2019), scion of that landed gentry family; and married firstly, in 1972, Colin Macinnes; married secondly, in 1991, John Clive Willian Avon Caulcutt  (born 1947), son of John Antony Caulcutt (1918-1966), and his wife the former Elsie O.B. von Hartz.

Sarah's brother Mark Swynfen Cottrell (born 1955), married the Hon Fiona Caroline Mary Watson (born 26 Sept, 1953), daughter of the 3rd Baron Manton (1924-2003).

Sarah Caulcutt leaves two daughters from her first marriage, Alice Helen (born 1975), and Emma Charlotte (born 1977), and a daughter from her second marriage, Sophie Marina (born 1991).

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Charles Stephen Napier Crookenden 1957-2024

Charles Stephen Napier Crookenden, who died 6 September, 2024, aged 67, was a grandson maternally of the late 2nd Baron Kindersley.

He was born 3 February, 1957, the second son of Lieutenant-General Sir Napier Crookenden, KCB, DSO, OBE  (1915-2002), and his wife the Hon Patricia Nassau Kindersley (1922-2010), daughter of the 2nd Baron Kindersley (1899-1976); and married 21 February, 1998, Michelle Lynn Ott, daughter of Joseph Ott, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, by whom he had issue, two sons, Patrick (born 14 May, 2001), and his twin Oliver, and a daughter, Grace (born 2005).

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Second child expected for Princess Beatrice & Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi [born 8 Aug, 1988], and Mr Edoardo Alessandro M. Mapelli Mozzi [born London 1 November, 1983], are expecting their second child in the Spring of 2025. 

Edo Mapelli Mozzi is the son of Count Alessandro [Alex] Mapelli Mozzi [born 1951], by his former wife the former Nicola Diana Burrows [born Feb 1956] [now Mrs Nikki Williams-Ellis, MBE].

Princess Beatrice is the elder daughter of HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York [born 19 February, 1960], by his former wife the former Sarah Margaret Ferguson [born 15 October, 1959].

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh joined the Duke of York at the scaled down Covid-secure wedding of their granddaughter and Edo Mapelli Mozzi at the Chapel Royal in Windsor Great Park, in July, 2020. Around twenty guests attended the wedding.

The Mapelli Mozzis first child, a daughter Sienna Elizabeth, was born 18 September, 2021.

Edoardo's maternal grandmother, the former Susan Arnot Heath, married firstly, Robert David Burrows [Edo's grandfather], and married secondly, Lieutenant-Col Greville Wyndham Tufnell, CVO [born 1932], of the Grenadier Guards, who has close associations with the Royal Household.

Count Edoardo Alessandro M Mapelli Mozzi (known as Edo) was born in Westminster, 1st November, 1983, son of Count Alessandro (Alex) Mapelli Mozzi, and his former wife the former Nicola Diana [Nikki] Burrows. He has an elder sister Natalia Alice, born in 1981, wife of Mr Tod Yeomans.

His father, who was born in 1951, is a British Olympian, an Alpine skier, took part in several events at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Edo's grandfather was Count Gian Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1922-80), Italian aristocrat, who married Gigliola Stoppani. Count Gian Paolo was a son of Count Luigi Mapelli Mozzi (1894-1948), who married Nobile Maria Mercedes Baroli.

Count Luigi was a son of Count Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1854-1921), who married Enrichetta Tarsis dei Conti di Castel d'Agogna (1866-1941). Count Paolo was the son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (1815-79) who married Nobile Ippolita Giulino dei Conti di Vialba.

The Mapelli Mozzi name came about from the marriage of Count Alessandro's father, Nobile Gerolamo Mapelli (1785-1842) with Angela Mozzi.

Edo's mother married as her second husband Christopher M.H. Shale, a British businessman and Conservative politician, friend of former prime minister David Cameron. Mr Shale died from natural causes at Glastonbury, in June, 2011. Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and their parents the Duke and Duchess of York attended Mr Shale's funeral. Mrs Shale married thirdly, the sculptor David Williams-Ellis, a great nephew of Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect.

Mrs Williams-Ellis was awarded the MBE in David Cameron's resignation honours.

Edo has a half-brother, Albemarle Christopher M.H. Shale, ten years his junior.

The Mapelli Mozzi family have several connections to the British aristocracy. Edo's cousin, Edward Ankarcrona, son of Countess Margaretha Mapelli Mozzi, married in 2006, Lady Lucinda Savile, a daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mexborough.

Although he enjoys the title of "Count" he is a British subject and technically cannot use a foreign title in this country. Foreign styles and titles were confined to those who received a Royal Warrant from King George V in 1932.

Edo has a son, Christopher Woolf "Wolfie", born in 2016, from a previous relationship.

The royal baby will be the 14th great-grandchild for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II:-

1. Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips, born 29 December, 2010

2. Isla Elizabeth Phillips, born 29 March, 2012

3. Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales, born 22 July, 2013

4. Mia Grace Tindall, born 17 January, 2014

5. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Wales, born 2 May, 2015

6. Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Wales, born 23 April, 2018

7. Lena Elizabeth Tindall, born 18 June, 2018

8. Prince Archie Harrison of Sussex, born 6 May, 2019

9. August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born 9 February, 2021

10. Lucas Philip Tindall, born 21 March, 2021

11. Princess Lilibet Diana of Sussex, born 4 June, 2021

12. Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, born 18 September, 2021

13. Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, born 30 May, 2023

14. Baby Mapelli Mozzi 

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Fiona Dawn Cory Vernon 1947-2024

 (Fiona) Dawn Cory Vernon, who died 18 September, 2024, aged 77, was a granddaughter maternally of Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet.

She was born 16 February, 1947, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Handley Ferguson (who died 4 Aug, 1972), and his wife the former Jessie Rosalie Cory (1911-1989); and married 17 July, 1969, Greville Edward Mervyn Vernon (born 19 July, 1944), son of Maj Mervyn Sydney Bobus Vernon, MVO (1912-1991), the Grenadier Guards, by his wife the former Lady Violet Mary Baring (1911-1978), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO, PC (1877-1953), by whom he had issue, a son, James (born 1971), and two daughters, Zara (born 1973), and Sasha (born 1979).

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Roberta Rose Plumptre (born 2024)

 The Hon Mrs Edward Plumptre (nee Tessa Steidl, born 1990), wife of the Hon Edward Brook Plumptre (b 26 Apr, 1989), gave birth to a daughter, Roberta Rose, born 2024, a sister for Matilda Willow Steidl, born in 2021.

The Hon Edward Plumptre is the elder son of the 22nd Baron FitzWalter (b 18 Oct 1952), of Goodnestone Park, Canterbury, by his wife the former (Alison) Sally Quiney.

Tessa Claire Steidl is a daughter of Nicholas W. Steidl, of Wandsworth, London, by his wife the former Henrietta L. Vance.

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Nicholson/McLeod engagement

The engagement was announced 30 September, 2024, between Edward Ivo Nicholson (born 1994), youngest son of Frank Nicholson (born 11 February, 1954), of Co Durham, and his wife the former Lavinia Margaret Grace Stourton (born 1 October, 1962), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, & Madeleine Kate McLeod (b 1994), daughter of Fraser Neil McLeod, (born 1951), of Bristol, and his wife the former Angela Campbell.

The 19th Baron Stourton (1802-72) > Hon Albert Stourton (1835-1902) > Herbert Stourton (1873-1932) > Sir Ivo Stourton (1901-85) > Nigel Stourton (1929-2021) > Lavinia Stourton (b 1962) > Edward Nicholson (b 1994)

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Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred, 9th Baronet (1870-1945) > Pauline Lawson-Tancred (b 1916) > Frank Nicholson (b 1954) > Edward Nicholson (b 1994)

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Henson/Rodríguez-Legorburu Cabrera-Kábana marriage

 The marriage has taken place in Madrid, in September, 2024, between Jasper Cornelius Richard Henson (born 1994), only son of Rupert Cornelius Brooke Henson (born 1962), of Longworth, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Caroline Belinda Frisby (born 17 Aug, 1963), scion of that landed gentry family, & Doña Isabel Rodríguez-Legorburu Cabrera-Kábana (born 25 May, 1988), scion of a Spanish aristocratic family, elder daughter of Eduardo Rodríguez y Legorburu, the Condes de Asmir of Madrid, Spain, and his wife the former Isabel Cabrera-Kábana Sartorius.

 Jasper Henson is a brother of the Duchess of Westminster, wife of the 7th Duke.

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Hon Sybil Elizabeth Gascoyne-Cecil (born 2024)

  Constance Mary Alabama Gascoyne-Cecil, styled Viscountess Cranborne (born 24 July, 1990), wife of Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil, styled Viscount Cranborne (born 18 Dec, 1970), gave birth to a second daughter, the Hon Sybil Elizabeth Gascoyne-Cecil, in 2024, a sister for Edith, who was born in 2022.

Viscountess Cranborne is descended from the Earls of Onslow and Earls of Carnarvon, daughter of Julian Watson, and his wife the former Margaret Sophia Laura Waugh (born 20 June, 1962), daughter of Auberon Alexander Waugh (1939-2001), the author.

Viscount Cranborne, Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil (born 18 December, 1970), is the eldest son and heir of the 7th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, KCVO  (born 30 September, 1946), of Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Hannah Ann Stirling (born 29 May, 1944).

The infant is a great-granddaughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Alexander Watson, KBE, LVO (1919-2009), and a great-great-granddaughter of the novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), and his wife Laura Herbert (1916-1973), scion of the Earls of Carnarvon.

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The 3rd Baron Amwell 1943-2024

 The Baron Amwell, 3rd Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom died 3 September, 2024, aged 91.

Keith Norman Montague was born 1 April, 1943, son of the then Frederick Norman Montague (born 6 Nov, 1912), and his wife the former Kathleen Elizabeth Fountain (b 1928). He was a grandson of Frederick Montague (1876-1966), Labour MP for West Islington 1923-31, and 1935-47, a member of the wartime coalition government, created a peer, as Baron Amwell, 16 July, 1947. 

Keith Montague's father succeeded as 2nd Baron Amwell, 15 Oct, 1966, and died in Oct 1990.

Keith Montague was educated at Nottingham University (BSc in Civil Engineering), was a consulting civil engineer, 1965-96; a director of Brian Colquhoun and Partners, then Thorburn Colquhoun Ltd, consulting engineers, 1994-96; Development Director, Construction Industry Research and Information Association (1998).

He was CEng; FICE; CGeol; FGS; MIHT.

He married 5 May, 1970, Mary Palfreyman (born 1948), daughter of Frank William Palfreyman (1917-1986), of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Jessie Harrison, by whom he had issue, two sons, Ian and Christopher. The elder son, the Hon Ian Keith Montague (born 20 September, 1973), succeeds as the 4th Baron Amwell.

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A son for Maddison Brudenell and Bret Kapetanov

Maddison May Brudenell (born 16 May, 1994), partner of Bret Kapetanov (born circa 1994), gave birth to a son, Michael Adam, 6 August, 2024

Maddison, a descendant of Queen Victoria, announced her engagement to Bret in June, 2023. Mr Kapetanov, a millwright, hails from Windsor, Ontario. The couple plan to marry in October, 2024.

Maddison, daughter of the actor Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (born 2 April, 1960) and his wife the former Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (born 24 December, 1961), elder daughter of the late David Nightingale Hicks (1929-1998), by his wife the former Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (born 19 April, 1929), younger daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the late 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79).

In 2015 Maddison married Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo, a musician under the name "Jazz Purple". The marriage ended in divorce.

Maddison has issue from her first marriage, two daughters, Daphne (born 26 Nov, 2016), and  Phoebe (born 15 Dec, 2018), and a son, Moses (b 2020).

The baby is named in honour of Maddison's paternal grandfather, the late John Michael Brudenell (1925-2015), the royal obstetrician.

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Bowcock/Cornock engagement

The engagement was announced 28 September, 2024, between Dominic Matthew Bowcock (born 1994), son of Matthew Philip Bowcock (born 1956), of Haslemere, Surrey, and his wife Helen, & Pippa Ann Cornock (born 1995), second daughter of Ian Charles Cornock (born 1963), of Hadley, Worcestershire, and his wife the former Diana Elizabeth Vyvyan-Robinson (born 24 July, 1963), scion of the Vyvyan baronets.

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Patrick Rowan Esau Cumming-Bruce (born 2024)

 Henrietta Perpetua Agnes (Hetty) Cumming-Bruce (nee Scrope, born 1991), wife of the Hon George Patrick Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce [born 19 March, 1990], scion of the Barons Thurlow, gave birth to a son, Patrick Rowan Esau, 18 August, 2024, a brother for Kester Francis, who was born 3 November, 2022.

Hetty Cumming-Bruce is a scion of the ancient landed family og Scrope of Danby, youngest daughter of Maj. Peter Geoffrey Scrope [born 3 January, 1955], of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Penelope Eldrydd Davies [born 31 March, 1955], scion of the Barons Davies.

The Hon George Cumming-Bruce is the younger son of the 9th Baron Thurlow [born 13 April, 1952], of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Bridget Anne Julia Cheape.

John Savile, 6th Earl of Mexborough [1868-1945] > Lady Beatrice Savile [1910-73] > Peter Scrope [b 1955] > Hetty Scrope [b 1991] > Patrick Cumming-Bruce (b 2024)

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Ann Mary Muir (née Corbally) 1944-2024

  Ann Mary Muir (née Corbally) died 14 September, 2024, aged 80.

She was born in Oxfordshire, in 1944, scion of a landed gentry family, a daughter of Air Vice Marshal Edward John Corbally, CBE, RAF (1908-1981), and his wife the former Alfreda Clare Sumner (1908-1993), a scion of that landed gentry family; and married 1stly, in 1966 (div) Timothy M. Jenkins (born 1942), by whom she had three sons and two daughters; married secondly, in 1993, as his second wife, Andrew Hugh John Muir (born 28 August, 1943), third son of Sir John Harling Muir, 3rd Baronet (1910-1994), and his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Dundas (1914-2008), scion of the Earls (later Marquesses) of Zetland. Her husband is a younger brother of Sir Richard Muir, 4th Baronet (1939-2023), and Sir Ian Muir, 5th Baronet (born 16 September, 1940).

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Cecilia Marina Campbell de Almeida (born 2024)

 Ishbel Elizabeth Rose Campbell de Almeida (née Campbell, born 30 November, 1988), wife of Marco Silva de Almeida, and scion of the Earls Cawdor, gave birth to a daughter, Cecilia Marina, 16 September, 2024, a sister for Orlando Jorge, who was born 25 October, 2022.

Ishbel is the elder daughter of James Farquhar Robin Campbell (born 26 November, 1958), and his wife the former Marina Caroline Vere Norton (born 6 May, 1961), descended from the Ogilvy baronets.

The 2nd Earl Cawdor (1817-1898) > Capt The Hon Ronald Campbell (1848-1879) > Lt-Col Robert Campbell (1878-1945) > Maj Robin Campbell (b 1927) > James Campbell (b 1958) > Ishbel Campbell (b 1988) > Cecilia Campbell de Almeida (b 2024)

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Victor Jules Barnett 1933-2024

 Victor Jules Barnett, who died 20 September, 2024, aged 91, was a British-American businessman, former executive chairman of Burberry, and member of the wealthy Wolfson family.

Victor Jules Barnett was born in London, in 1933 to Esmond Barnett (1901-1934), of London, and Edith Wolfson (1902-1997), sister of Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet (1897-1991).

His father died young, leaving Barnett to be raised by his mother and her siblings, among them Sir Isaac Wolfson, Bt. Moving to New York City after World War II, Barnett graduated from the Horace Mann School and with a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Barnett began his career managing what was then the fledgling American operation of Burberry, a subsidiary of his family's retail conglomerate Great Universal Stores (GUS). He joined Revlon, Inc. in 1961, serving as executive vice president under Charles Revson until 1976. Barnett then returned to help manage the family business, GUS, joining his cousins Leonard (1927-2010), the life peer as Baron Wolfson, and David Wolfson (1935-2021), the life peer as Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, on the group's board of directors and executive committee. As head of GUS in North America, Barnett led the acquisition and growth of credit agency Experian in 1996.

In 1997, he became executive chairman of Burberry to reinvigorate the house's neglected management. At Burberry, Barnett led a reorganization of the company, hiring Rose Marie Bravo as chief executive, renegotiating deals with Burberry's Japanese licensees, acquiring their licensee in Spain, and driving major real estate purchases including its flagship stores on New Bond Street and East 57th Street. Over Barnett's tenure Burberry's operating profits more than quadrupled and the brand became recognized as a global luxury fashion house. In January 2001, Burberry started to look for a replacement for Barnett. In July 2001, Barnett stepped down as chairman of Burberry.

The family took Burberry public in 2002, and demerged GUS into Home Retail Group and Experian in 2006. Following his retirement from GUS and Burberry, Barnett bought pharmaceutical company Shaklee with his younger son Roger and joined the board of Grey Global Group.

Barnett was married to Helaine M. Barnett, a prominent legal aid attorney and former president of the Legal Services Corporation. They had two sons, Craig Edward (born 1962), an investment banker, and Roger Lawrence (born 1964), CEO of Shaklee.

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Julia Mary Jaques (née Hamilton-Russell) 1967-2024

 Julia Mary Jaques, who died 22 September, 2024, aged 57, was a scion of the Viscounts Boyne.

Julia Mary Hamilton-Russell was born 14 September, 1967, daughter of James Gustavus Hamilton-Russell (born 11 September, 1938), and his wife the former Alison Mary Heard (who died 18 Oct, 2022); and married 5 September, 1998, Victor Huntington Jaques, son of Ralph Jaques, of Hampstead, London, by whom she had issue, a son, Frederick (born 7 March, 2001), and two daughters, Rosie (born 14 July, 2002), and Florence (born 18 Oct, 2005).

Gustavus, 9th Viscount Boyne (1864-1942) > Maj Hon John Hamilton-Russell (1911-1943) > James Hamilton-Russell (b 1938) > Julia Mary Hamilton-Russell (1967-2024)

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Mark Antony Loveday 1943-2024

 Mark Antony Loveday, who died 4 September, 2024, aged 80, was a stockbroker, head of Cazenove at a time of upheaval, and behind the inevitable, yet historic, decision to convert the City’s most blue-blooded firm into a limited company. Loveday was a scion of the landed gentry family of that name.

He followed his father into stockbroking, and was drawn to Cazenove by his godfather, Sir Anthony Hornby, senior partner there. Initially, TB kept him away from the office for months. He became a stock exchange member in 1972 and was a partner from 1974 until 2001. He specialised in raising finance for companies, mainly through share issues. He was senior partner, Cazenove & Co, 1994-2001; Chairman, Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC from 2002; Director, London Catalyst 1972-; Trustee of Magdalen College Development Trust 1982-; a Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate 1999-; Liveyman of the Skinners' Co 1972.

He was born 22 September, 1943, a son of George Arthur Loveday, TD, (1909-1981), stockbroker, and sometime chairman of the London Stock Exchange, by his first wife Sylvia Mary Gibbs (1907-1967), kinswoman of the Barons Wraxall and Aldenham & Hunsdon.

He married in 1981, Mary Elizabeth Tolmie (born 1943), daughter of John Simpson Tolmie (1913-1965), and his wife the former Mary Catherine Deirdre Mitchell (1910-1998), by whom he had issue, a son, Sam, and a daughter, Lucy.

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Death of Lady Benn, wife of Sir Robin Benn, 5th Baronet

 Lady Benn, who died 19 September, 2024, aged 64, was the wife of Sir Robert Ernest (Robin) Benn, 5th Baronet.

The former Angela Valerio married in 2019, as his second wife Robert Ernest (Robin) Benn (born 17 October, 1963), son of Sir (James)Jonathan Benn, 4th Baronet (born 27 July, 1933), and his wife the former Jennifer Mary Howells (born 1936). Her husband succeeded his father, 3 October, 2023, as the fifth baronet. The baronetcy was created in 1914 for John Benn, Liberal MP for Devonport 1904-1910, who was father the 2nd Bt and of the 1st Viscount Stansgate.

Lady Benn is survived by her husband and step-children.

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Goldsmith of Richmond Park/Fleming engagement

 The engagement has been announced between Frank Zacharias Robin (Zac) Goldsmith, The Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park, PC (born 20 January, 1975), the politician and life peer, son of the late Sir James Goldsmith (1933-1997), and his third wife the Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 13 June, 1934), scion of the Marquesses of Londonderry, & Hermione Kirsty Fleming (born 1989), scion of that landed gentry family, of Nettlefold, daughter of Roderick John Fleming (born 12 November, 1953), and his wife Diana Julia Wake (born 20 March, 1955), daughter of Maj Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet (1916-2017).

It will be Lord Goldsmith of Richmond's third marriage. His first marriage, 5 June, 1999, was to socialite Sheherazade Ventura-Bentley (born 14 March, 1974), from whom he was divorced in 2010. He married 2ndly, 15 March, 2013, Alice Miranda Rothschild (born 29 Nov, 1983), scion of the Barons Rothschild, daughter of the late Hon Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955-1996), and his wife the former Anita Patience Guinness (born 7 December, 1957), scion of the banking branch of the Guinness dynasty. Lord Goldsmith is the father of six (three offspring from each of his marriages).

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Vanessa Clare Campbell-Harris 1967-2024

Vanessa Clare Campbell-Harris (nee Hogan-Hern), died 14 September, 2024, aged 57.

She was born in 1967, a daughter of George Peter Henry Gogan-Hern (born 1939), by his wife the former Maureen Mahoney; and married in 1992, James Neil (Jamie) Campbell-Harris (born 22 January, 1966), son of Alastair Neil Campbell-Harris (1926-2010), and hisn wife the former Zara Carolyn Harrison (1938-2022), descended from the Lord Ruthven of Freeland, in the Peerage of Scotland.

She leaves three children, Alexandra, Hugo and Geordie.

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